ISBN:
9781781005705
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (218 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
CSC China Perspectives Series
Parallel Title:
Print version Middle Class China : Identity and Behaviour
DDC:
305.550951
Keywords:
China
;
Mittelstand
;
Verhalten
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
A general expectation has developed that China's middle class will generate not only social but also political change. This expectation often overlooks the reality that there is no single Chinese middle class with a common identity or will to action. This timely volume examines the behaviour and identity of the different elements of China's middle class - entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals - in order to understand their centrality to the wider processes of social and political change in China. The expert contributors seek to identify the social space occupied by the Chinese middle clas
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: middle class China - discourse, structure and practice; 1. Sociopolitical attitudes of the middle class and the implications for political transition; 2. Class, consumption and the economic restructuring of consumer space; 3. Urban housing-status-groups: consumption, lifestyles and identity; 4. White-collar workers: gender and class politics in an urban organization; 5. The socioeconomic status, co-optation and political conservatism of the educated middleclass: a case study of university teachers
Description / Table of Contents:
6. Homeowners' movements: narratives on the political behaviours of the middle class7. Institutional determinants of the political consciousness of private entrepreneurs; 8. Understanding entrepreneurs; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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